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Patented Mar. 16.1886.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

FRANK X. ESOHERICH, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

COMBINED FAUCET AND BEER-PUMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,050, dated March 16,1886.

` Application tiled November 16, 1F85. Serial No.183,0.26. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK X. EscHERioH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Pumps and Faucets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled `in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

Great difficulty has heretofore been experienced in maintaining a uniform pressure in vessels from which liquid is drawn at intervals-as, for example, in the retail sale of beer, ale, &c.

The object of my invention is to provide a combined faucet and pump in which the plug or the stem thereof is constructed or provided with means whereby,when it is turned to draw or cut off the liquid, it may be made to operate a pump lever or handle, which is located near it, and also, when desired,by a slight and simple change of the relative position of the parts the turning plug and pump may independently be operated each of the other, in order that the saine or about the same amount of pressure may be maintained in the vessel from which the liquid is being forced.

The invention consists in means and mechanism, substantially as hereinafter described, for accomplishing this object.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, in the several figures of which like letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts, Figure l illustrates in side elevation and partial section an apparatus constructed in accordance with myiuvention. Fig. 2 illustrates how the pump may be operated independently of the stop-cock or faucet. Fig. 3 illustrates the position of the parts when the stop-cock or faucet may be operated independently of the pump-lever.

The letter A designates a faucet, which may be of the ordinary construction, and adapted to be secured to a wall, B. This wall may be the front wall of arefrigerator or cooler. The faucet is provided with a turning plug or valve, a, having formed upon its spindle or stem a a cam consisting of the portions a and a, arranged or located on opposite sides of the spindle or stem, as shown. A pump lever or handle, b, is pivoted in the faucet in juxtaposition to the cam of the turning plug a. The lever has its lower end provided with a projection, b', extending below the pivot, and a notch, b2, is located abovethe pivot thereon, for the purposes to be hereinafter explained.

The pump lever or handle is connected with the piston-rod (l of the pump by means of a link, c, whichlatter is pivoted both to said lever and the pistonerod. Tlie pump C may be of the ordinary construction adapted for forcing airthat is, comprisinga cylinder,f, piston g, and an outlet-valve, lt. The cylinder is attached to the wallon the side opposite that on which the faucet is placed, and the piston-rod extends through a suitable opening therein to permit the passage and reciprocating movement of the piston-rod. The valve h is preferably protected by means of a screw-cap, h, fitting on a similarly-threaded projection upon the end of the cylinder, and in which the valve is secured. The end of this screw-cap is provided with a nipple, t', upon Which a rub` ber or other tube, z", may be secured. This tube t", when properly connected, will direct the air to the place where the pressure is desired-as, for example, a beerbarrel,as shown.

The faucet is provided with a tube, k, projecting through the wall of the refrigerator B, upon the end of which tube is also formed a nipple adapted to receive the end of a rubber or other pipe, leading to and connected with the vessel containing the liquid to be forced out.

Suitable packing may be provided at the joints in the pump or other parts.

The operation is as follows: The relative position of the parts shown in Fig. lis that in which the turning of the plug or valve will cause the pump-lever to oscillate. By turning the plug or valve to the right, the portion a of the cam will act against the lever above the notch b, causing said lever to be thrown inward, and a reverse movement of the said plug will cause the opposite portion, a2, of the cam to act against the projection b', causing said lever to be thrown outward. In this ligure the full-line position of the plug with its handle is that when the faucet is open, and the broken-line position that when the faucet is closed. By turning the stop-cock to the position indicated in full lines Fig. 2, it will be IOO seen, as indicated by the full and broken lines, that the pump may be operated independently of the stop-cock or faucet. Fig. 3 illustrates, as before stated, how the plug or valve maybe Operated independently of the pump-lever, as the broken lines in this figure indicate.

I do not limit myselfto the exact construction, arrangement, and number ofparts shown, as they may be changed or modified without departing from the scope of my invention. For example, the link c may be omitted and the piston-rod d have simply a pin and slot connection with the pumplever. It is also obvious that the opening in the turninglplug may be made therein so that the cock will be open at any position of the pump-lever; hence, instead of its being open when in the position indicated by full lines, it may bev open at that indicated by dotted lines, and then the opening of the faucet will be simultaneous with the inward' movement of the pump-piston, instead of the reverse, as described. t

By my construction it will be seen that should the pressure in the vessel produced by the ordinary drawing of the liquid be insufficient, more pressure may readily be supplied, and, conversely, if too much pressure is in the vessel, the stop-cock may be operated independ# ently of the pump until the pressure is reduced by the withdrawal of the liquid.

Iam aware that a combined faucet and pump, broadly, is not new; 'but in'those heretofore devised the turning plug was positively connected with the pu mplever or piston-rod, so that every turning of the plug or valve in the faucet produced an operation of the pump, and consequently the results which I achieve by my construction could not be had with such construction as referred to.

The handle to the pump-lever may be dispensed with.

Having thus described my invention, whatl claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. In a combined pump and faucet, the turning plug ol' the faucet provided with a cam, and a'pump-lever pivoted near said turning plug, but having no positive connection therewith, provided with edges against which the cam may act when the turning plug is turned to oscillate said pump-lever, andvwith anotch .or opening into which the cam may be turned to be placed out of contact with said lever., substantially as described, whereby the pump may be operated with every turning of the plug, or the pump-lever and plug operated independently each of the other, for the purpose set forth.

2. The Combination, with a faucet the zum ing plug of which is provided with cam projections arranged substantially at opposite sides thereof, of a pump lever or handle provided with an extension, b', and a notch or incision, b2, whereby the turning plug is adapted to engage the said pump lever or handle to operate the pump, or the pump and turning plug may be operated independently each of the other, as set forth.

3. The combination of a faucet the turning plug of which is provided with cam projections located substantially at opposite sides thereof, a pump lever or handle provided with an extension, b', and a notch or incision, b", pivoted near said turning plug, whereby the turning plug is adapted to engage the said pumplever to oscillate the same, or by a change of the relative position of the parts the said plug and lever may be operatedindependently each of the other, and a vessel connected by means of a pipe or tube with the pump and faucet, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK X. ESOHERICH.'

lVitnesses:

AUeUs'r KEMPFF, ED. F. HEGELMAYER. 

